Harry watched fondly from the window as his daughter showed her brother just how good a seeker she was. He couldn't help but notice that Scorpius could handle a bat rather well. Eventually the children piled inside covered in mud.

"Don't you dare step on my carpet in those James Sirius Potter!"

He retracted his foot just as his mother walked in. Harry laughed from his seat at the table. Lily was grinning.

"Told you girls were better at Quidditch than boys."

James huffed as Albus and Scorpius laughed. He glared at them.

"Well if Malfoy hadn't stopped to hit that bludger away from Lily we would have won!"

Scorpius turned scarlet. Ginny looked at the boys.

"Who aimed it at Lily in the first place?"

James, now free of his boots, walked over and patted his mother's elbow.

"Ask no questions and I will tell no lies."

Scorpius was talking to Albus as they walked over to the table where Ginny Potter was serving up dinner.

"What's your middle name again?"

"Severus. He was a hero apparently. You?"

"I'd rather not say."

"That bad huh?"

"Yup."

James laughed.

"Can't be as bad as your first name. Who names someone after a bug?"

Ginny scolded him. Scorpius however didn't flinch. Lily butted in.

"Actually a scorpion is an arachnid."

Albus nodded and James shrugged.

"Meh. So what is your middle name?"

"Promise you wont laugh."

"I will try not to."

"You're lying."

"Just tell them Scorpius or I will!"

They all looked at Lily. Scorpius sagged in defeat. There was no way to get around this. He mumbled something unintelligible.

"What was that bug?"

He glared at James briefly. The adults walked in and sat at the table.

"Hyperion."

James burst out laughing and Scorpius blushed and ducked his head. Albus smiled slightly but patted his new friend on the shoulder.

"Hey it's not that bad. Isn't it that little line between words though? Looks like this:"

He mimed a line in the air.

"No that's a hyphen Al."

"Oh. Still not that bad though. I have an uncle with a really weird name."

"What is it?"

"Dudley."

Harry almost choked again. He seemed to be doing that a lot recently. It was highly ironic that a boy named Albus, a name that the Dursleys would have thought bizarre, would think an every day name (in Surrey at least) like Dudley was weirder than Hyperion. Scorpius was tucking into his mash with gusto.

"Hmm...Mrs Potter this is really good!"

Ginny laughed and smiled.

"Well aren't you a charmer? It's an old Weasley recipe."

Harry laughed.

"Yup: Potatoes and butter."

She smacked him playfully. They talked and ate and generally had a good evening until Harry sent the children into their respective rooms.

*~*~*

Hours after even the adults had gone to bed Lily couldn't sleep. A thunder storm raged above the house and she was restless. Eventually she got up and walked downstairs. There was already someone sat on the sofa. She stood on a creaky floorboard and Scorpius whirled around, causing himself to fall off the sofa as he did so.

"I'm sorry I just...."

Upon seeing Lily he scrambled upright.

"Hey. What were you doing on my sofa?"

"Couldn't sleep. I hate storms. That and Al was snoring."

She laughed quietly.

"Why are you here?"

She blushed in the darkness.

"I don't like storms either."

He patted the sofa.

"Well sit with me and we should make it through this."

She sat on the sofa and shivered. Scorpius moved his blanket to cover both of them. She lay back and he casually put his arm behind her shoulders. Half asleep now she snuggled into his chest slightly. He smiled as he fell asleep.

Needless to say Harry got a bit of a shock when he went downstairs the next morning.